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Was Phoenix a good race?
03.11.2025 12:47 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0How are we feeling this morning, NASCAR Nation?
03.11.2025 12:27 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 1
Quiet Track, One-Race Championship.
03.11.2025 05:22 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1Inspection clear. Race official. Kyle Larson is the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series champion.
03.11.2025 03:59 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 3
Teardown livestream. This should be an interesting convo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG7LLxYIxRY
03.11.2025 02:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I wrote about Denny Hamlin and the agony of defeat. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6772087/2025/11/02/denny-hamlin-nascar-championship-race-kyle-larson/
03.11.2025 01:34 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Race winner Ryan Blaney says “it’s ironic we won it on a restart, because we were terrible on restarts all day.”
03.11.2025 01:02 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1William Byron on why he apologized to Denny Hamlin: "It just doesn't seem right, you know? He had beat us and we're running second and it's four laps to go and you go into the wall and cause a caution. I don't want to be that guy. That sucks."
03.11.2025 00:22 — 👍 16 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1Denny Hamlin: "In this moment, I never want to race a car ever again. My fun meter is pegged."
03.11.2025 00:20 — 👍 17 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 8Denny Hamlin defends Goodyear and says "it's not the design of the tire." Says everyone is running the tires with super low air pressure to find speed.
"Everyone is testing the limits, and a lot of people found it."
these two.
"But when everyone had to bring their best, I think it was evident who was the best today."
William Byron walked up to Denny Hamlin in the media center, put his hand on Hamlin's shoulder and said, "Hey. Sorry, bud."
03.11.2025 00:18 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 2Correction: Not out of contention, won the championship
03.11.2025 00:08 — 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Nothing but absolute pain for Denny Hamlin.
02.11.2025 23:57 — 👍 29 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0Kyle Larson wins the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series championship as Ryan Blaney wins the race.
02.11.2025 23:52 — 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 5 📌 1
Restart for overtime
02.11.2025 23:47 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Overtime
Larson P5
Hamlin P10, loses six spots by taking four tires
Briscoe P15
Byron just trying to finish
Blaney first off pit road
It was never going to be that easy for Denny Hamlin, apparently. Larson and Briscoe are still alive.
02.11.2025 23:43 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0Caution. William Byron hits the wall with three laps to go. Overtime.
02.11.2025 23:42 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Nine laps to go for Denny Hamlin.
02.11.2025 23:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 010 laps to go for Denny Hamlin.
02.11.2025 23:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 015 laps to go for Denny Hamlin. He is up by 2 seconds over William Byron.
02.11.2025 23:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 020 laps remaining at Phoenix. Hamlin leads Byron by one second.
02.11.2025 23:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This is as close as Denny Hamlin has ever been to a NASCAR championship. He is 25 miles away.
02.11.2025 23:31 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0The cars with fresher tires emerge...Byron vs. Hamlin. And Hamlin takes the lead with 27 to go.
02.11.2025 23:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Back to green with 28 to go. Three-wide for the lead. Contact!
02.11.2025 23:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 128 to go, to be exact
02.11.2025 23:29 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Chase Briscoe and Kyle Larson both take right-side tires only and will restart 1-2. Both are on qualifying scuffed tires.
Denny Hamlin and William Byron are 3-4, but they are on four fresh tires.
The Champ 4 will suddenly restart 1-2-3-4 with less than 30 laps remaining.
This incident with 34 to go. Hamlin-Byron are 1-2, Briscoe P6, Larson P13. Let's see how this changes things.
02.11.2025 23:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0CAUTION. JJ Yeley.
02.11.2025 23:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 2